How much land is in Banyule?

There are 52,624 parcels of land in Banyule. But not every piece of land can have housing on it. Of these parcels, 3,139 are on civic land like schools, hospitals, or train stations where development is challenging. Another 1,846 are in zones that do not development. Finally 835 properties have already been developed with more than 1 unit, making re-development difficult.

That leaves 46,759 that are available for development. The size of these lots is 29,624,457 square meters, or 1481 MCGs worth of space to build housing.

##Heritage

Out of the 46,759 lots available for development, 921 are covered under a heritage overlay, restricting the ability to build new housing. In total, heritage covers 0.019697 of the usable lots in Banyule. This is above/below the Melbourne average of x.

Land in Yarra

By number of lots

By total area

Table

Number of properties Area (sqm) Share of properties that are heritage Share of land that is heritage
Already developed
Free from heritage controls 836 1,134,395 97% 97%
Subject to heritage controls 24 29,994 3% 3%
Civic land
Free from heritage controls 2,965 12,500,983 94% 69%
Subject to heritage controls 175 5,711,748 6% 31%
Commercial only
Free from heritage controls 789 382,643 81% 86%
Subject to heritage controls 183 63,320 19% 14%
Commonwealth land
Free from heritage controls 1 32,700 100% 100%
General residential
Free from heritage controls 30,956 17,226,519 100% 99%
Subject to heritage controls 120 225,613 0% 1%
Industrial
Free from heritage controls 848 971,443 100% 100%
Low density residential
Free from heritage controls 358 1,607,258 100% 100%
Subject to heritage controls 1 4,143 0% 0%
Mixed use
Free from heritage controls 363 275,018 99% 98%
Subject to heritage controls 4 5,398 1% 2%
Neighbourhood residential
Free from heritage controls 13,091 9,163,420 95% 94%
Subject to heritage controls 746 630,279 5% 6%
Residential Growth
Free from heritage controls 1,070 475,285 96% 98%
Subject to heritage controls 50 11,524 4% 2%
Rural/regional
Free from heritage controls 44 874,167 100% 100%
Total
Free from heritage controls 51,321 44,643,832 98% 87%
Subject to heritage controls 1,303 6,682,017 2% 13%
Total where new housing can be built
Free from heritage 45,838 28,747,501 98% 97%
Subject to heritage controls 921 876,956 2% 3%

Lot sizes in Yarra

Larger lots can be easier to develop, but Melbourne has been sucssessful in developing even on small lots

By number of lots

By area

Map

Other ideas

Change in density

Most LGAs have lower than the average change in density

Current v YIMBY Melbourne zoned capacity

We could figure out what current zoned capacity is and then figure out what it would be

Proximity to Public transport

Most inner LGAs have much better public transport and we could show that

Recent development in Yarra

Show how nothing gets built in GRZ.